In a sensational revelation, a Dalit family of Meerut has claimed that Pakistani terrorist Mohammad Abid aka Fatte, who was handed out life term by a lucknow court on Thursday, was their missing son Praveen Kumar.
The lucknow Court pronounced life terms to three terror accused Mirza Rasheed Beg aka Kazafi, Saifurrehman aka Yusuf and Abid. The trio was arrested from lucknow with huge quantity of firearms and explosives in 2007.
Mahesh Devi who claimed to be Praveen Kumar’s mother, demanded a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CB) into the matter. The family also demanded DNA test of Abid so that the genuineness of the identity could be ascertained.
Earlier, the police claimed to have shot dead Praveen Kumar in an encounter in New Delhi in 2006 but the family refused to identify the body.
Praveen Kumar used to work as a driver before he went missing from Kankarkhera in Meerut since May 5, 2006.
His elder brother, Pawan Kumar told reporters on Friday that they have approached teh Human Rights Commission and other fora to get information of Praveen.
“On July 1, a local Hindi daily published snaps of the three terror accused, who were convicted by a lucknow court. One of them was that of Abid, which very closely resembled my missing brother,” he disclosed.
Pawan said they rushed to lucknow from Meerut last Wednesday but on Thursday, his brother got a life term punishment.
“We have tried to meet Abid to cross check whether he is Praveen but unfortunately we were not allowed to meet him,” he said.
Meanwhile Rihai Manch president and Abid’s lawyer, Mohammad Shoaib said that they will move the court for identification of Abid to know whetehr he is Praveen or not.